Wren slept through the night so I got up and went for a run again this morning. It was a beautiful morning and it was really nice to get out before the crowds. There are definitely more today and Saturday than there was on Friday.
I started along the river going the opposite direction this time (inland). I did a little out and back by the other 5 bridges that Porto is known for, the 6th bridge I have a picture of on the first post. I saw a lot of cyclists and other runners out but very few cars or tourists.
Maybe that's too many bridge pictures, but I had a hard time choosing a favorite and Jeff liked a different one than me. I then ran up a LOT of stairs to get back to the top of the town. The lighting was great so I took another roof top picture.
I then headed over towards the 18-th century part of town (the oldest parts are 13th-16th century along the river). This area was really crowded yesterday evening but I pretty much had it to myself this morning. It was lovely.
After some breakfast and a shower we headed over to the Casa de Musica and Wren took part in a toddler music class. It was really cool but there was a little more storytelling than I expected which was great if you understand Portuguese. Wren liked the singing parts and it was a fun break for her.
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Wren is there among the chaos.
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After a quick lunch we headed out to see some Roman ruins, really old stuff! Most of it was from the 1st and 2nd century with a little bit of it predating the romans and a little bit from the 4th century that the next inhabitants built over the roman walls. I was amazed at the mosaics. They were incredibly detailed, intact and beautiful. The area is called Conimbriga. They are still actively excavating out there and have only uncovered roughly 10% of the town but it was huge. I was amazed at how much there was.
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| This was probably a 10x12 foot mosaic. so cool! |
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| This was the entrance to an aristocrats house. The home appeared to be 3 bedrooms. |
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| Cool arch |
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| The columns were part of a market. |
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| The remains of an aqueduct |
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| This was a home of someone with a lot of money. There were incredible mosaics all around a courtyard and the bedrooms and other areas of the house as well. It was really incredible. |
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| Wren found a rock, she was stoked. |
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| The area that this took up was huge! |
I'll finish off today with one more random thing we have enjoyed about Porto, there is some really interesting modern art randomly placed throughout the city. Here are a couple that I thought were particularly photogenic. They seem particularly cool among all of the old buildings.
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